Demonstrations challenging Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been going on for the past several days. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump warned Khamenei and said that America is ready to help Iran. What will Tehran do if America conducts airstrike in Iran under the guise of protests? Its blueprint has been revealed.
The speaker of Iran’s parliament warned that if the US attacks the Islamic Republic as President Donald Trump has threatened, Tehran will target the US military and Israel. Kalibaf made this threat when MPs in the Iranian Parliament climbed onto the stage shouting slogans of ‘Down with America’.

People living abroad fear that the Internet blockade will embolden radicals within Iran’s security services to launch a bloody crackdown. Even though Trump has warned that he is ready to attack Iran to protect peaceful protesters.

America is ready to help Iran: Trump

Trump supported the protesters and said on social media, ‘Iran may be looking at a freedom never seen before. America is ready to help. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal quoted officials as saying on Saturday night that Trump had been given military options to attack Iran, but he had not yet taken any final decision.

“Don’t mess with President Trump,” the State Department warned separately. When he promises to do something, he promises to complete it.

Iranian state television broadcast the parliament session live. In his speech, Qalibaf, a hardline leader, praised the police and Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, particularly its volunteer Basij, for “standing firm” during the protests. Let us tell you that Kalibaf himself has contested the presidential elections in Iran.

What will Iran do if America attacks?

He directly described Israel as an occupied territory and threatened the American army. “In the event of an attack on Iran, the occupied territories and all US military centers, bases and ships located in the region will be our legitimate targets,” Qalibaf said. He said that we do not limit ourselves to reacting after an attack and will take action based on any concrete indication of threat.
Meanwhile, Israel is ‘closely monitoring’ the situation between America and Iran. According to news agency AP, Israeli official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio throughout the night on many topics including Iran.

Raza Pahlavi appealed to the protesters

Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, who had called for protests on Thursday and Friday, in his new message urged protesters to take to the streets on Sunday. He urged protesters to “assert their right to public spaces” by carrying Iran’s old lion and sun flag and other national symbols used during the Shah’s reign.

When did the protests start in Iran?

Demonstrations began on December 28 in protest against the huge fall in the value of Iran’s currency, the Rial. The value of the rial is more than 1.4 million per dollar and the country’s economy is deeply affected by international sanctions related to the nuclear program. The protests intensified and turned into a demand for a direct challenge to Iran’s religious authority.

The US arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, after which the Supreme Court there has ordered Vice President Delsey Rodriguez to act as interim President. Rodrigues has received the support of the Venezuelan military. The Army has also appealed to its citizens.

According to news agency AFP, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino has issued a statement supporting the Supreme Court’s decision in which Rodriguez has been appointed interim president for 90 days.

After the arrest of Nicholas Maduro by the US Army, the Venezuelan Army Chief has appealed to the citizens. He said that people should resume their normal daily activities.

What did Venezuela’s Defense Minister say in his TV speech?
“I appeal to the Venezuelan people to resume all types of activities in the coming days, including economic, work and education,” Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in a televised speech.

This incident has come to light hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that it is ‘premature’ to discuss holding elections in Venezuela after removing Nicolas Maduro from power. He said the Trump administration is focused on ensuring that the remaining leadership in Caracas implements policy changes.

Venezuelan Army’s reaction after Marco Rubio’s statement

When Rubio was asked how soon elections would be held in Venezuela after Maduro was captured by the US military on Saturday, he told NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ program, ‘I think it is too early to say at this time.’

According to AFP, he said, ‘At the moment our focus is on all the problems that existed during Maduro’s rule. Those problems still remain to be solved. We will give people an opportunity to solve those challenges and problems.

40 Venezuelans killed in US attack

Trump said on Saturday that the US military has carried out a major attack in Venezuela, in which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, have been captured. This action was taken after early morning attacks on Caracas, in which at least 40 people were killed. Now Maduro and his wife are being prosecuted in New York on terrorism and narcotics charges, in which Trump has accused Maduro of running a ‘narco terrorist organization’.